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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs, Theresa Mcanthony." <trmcanthony@gmx.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:59:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings,


 Greetings,

Sorry if i have intruded into your privacy, life and death forced me to send you this urgent massage.

I am from the family of Dr, Mikael Tagro, my father is the head of cocoa industry whom Laurent Gbagbo used to finance his activities to preserved his grip on power but unfortunately things turn upside down when our house was attacked and burn in city of Gagnoa

There i lost my entire family, one week later i found my father in the hospital but before his death, he inform me about his secured sum of US$16,500.000 (sixteen Million five hundred thousand united state dollars and i was warned to look for a foreign partner and leave the country for my future live.

I am sincerely desire of your assistance if you can be trustworthy to secure the legacy process on my behalf,

Yours Sincerely
Miss, Theresa Tagro,

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